Alaska Gazetteer
Auke Bay is a physical feature (bay) in Juneau Borough. The primary coordinates for Auke Bay places it within the AK 99801 ZIP Code delivery area.
| Feature Name: | Auke Bay |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Bay |
| Description: | Located off the west coast of Mendenhall Penininsula, just northeast of Coglan Island, 16 km (10 mi) northwest of Juneau, Coast Mountains. 3 miles wide. |
| History: | "Name reported by Spencer and Wright (1906, pl37), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). The name is from the Auk Tlingit Indians, who occupied the north end of Admiralty Island, Douglas Island, and the mainland from Juneau, north to Berners Bay It is said the Indians derived their name from the work ""Ak!u"" meaning ""little lake."" It was one of the few Indian names in this area retained by the miners (Dearmond, 1957, p6)." |
| Borough: | Juneau Borough |
| Latitude: | 58.3675003052 |
| Longitude: | -134.677780151 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Auke Bay: Auke Bay.
Note that you do not have the right to enter private property without the owner's permission. You do have a right to access goverment property that is open to the general public. The GNIS Feature Detail Report for Auke Bay does not include property ownership information.
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Fairhaven, AK
(1.4 miles NW) Auke Bay, AK (1.4 miles NNE) Lena Beach, AK (3.1 miles NW) Tee Harbor, AK (4.1 miles NW) Mendenhaven, AK (4.3 miles ENE) |
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(4.3 miles ENE) Lemon Creek, AK (6.6 miles E) Vanderbilt Hill, AK (7 miles ESE) Saint Terese, AK (8.1 miles NNW) Dobson Landing, AK (9.4 miles NNW) |
